How to Do a Walking Shimmy | Belly Dancing

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Belly dancing is sexy, fun, and burns up a lot of calories to boot! In this video, belly dancer Irina Akulenko teaches you how to do the belly dance move known as the walking shimmy. You'll be shaking it like Shakira in no time.
So now let's try the "walking hip shimmy". In order to prepare for it, let's keep the knees really bent. Let's think about those hip lifts we did earlier. Nice and slow, lifting one hip at a time. And you want to really feel this in your sides more than pushing through the knees. Just because we're going to use the knees in order to be able to walk. So, try to feel this in your obliques more than anything else. Remember to keep the chest lifted, lower abs tucked no matter what you're doing with your hips. While we're here, try lifting one heel off the floor, but still not compromising the integrity of the shimmy. What that means is that you're not hyper-lifting one side and barely lifting the other. You want to try to keep it as even as possible, even though one foot is slightly higher than the other. Let's try the other side. Lifting the left heel off the floor. Trying to keep the hip shimmy even. Chest lifted and the heel down. Right heel lifted. Now try to lift the foot off the floor. You can either touch it to the ankle of the opposite leg, or let it hover in front. And step back together. Try the other side. Lifting the foot off. Try extending forward. And while you're doing this, try to have a continuous relaxed shimmy no matter what. And place it back down. Let's try that with music. We're going to lift the right heel up. Take a step. Lift the left heel up. And lift the foot. And step. Stepping back. Try to have a continuous relaxed shimmy no matter what. Lifting the chest, shoulders back, arms full of energy. Let's try a little bit faster. Traveling back. And that's how you walk with a shimmy.

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[@naffarenakim6349]

Why i got no walking shimmy just walking Shame 😔😭

[@Missyasmina61]

I thought that too, but i mean it after one week you can see difference!! Keep practising 💖

[@StashaBrower]

Keep going! I have been doing classes once a week for 8 months and I still struggle. It takes dedication and patience with yourself. This comment did give me a cute lil chuckle though I recall my first tries and being so harsh to myself 😅

[@Happy_life_me]

😂😂😂

[@eurblasianhoney8429]

My grandma taught me most of what I know but Neena And Venna helped me polish what i already knew. 😊

[@katienicol2927]

So yeah...just tried this and I must not be very coordinated bc that was hard! lol

[@Viomaliha]

What's the music used in this tutorial?

[@ShilaVlogs1]

💚please teacher said me? How i can i do this

[@duneeaalatwany4560]

هل من عربي هنا؟

[@leannewatson6481]

Awesome !

[@sususan9]

What was the song original title?! By the way, she's really adorable.

[@madahikhan3352]

Like, just moving hips??? I didn't get it

[@jeanyoungblood8129]

Walking around the grocery store, practicing the 'walking shimmy' lol

[@yarijoshy3410]

🤣🤣🤣love it

[@kcl060]

Hilarious!

[@upendramanitripathi9066]

Are you serious!🤣🤣

[@amruthasanthosh7834]

😂😂😂

[@tatianasimonova6269]

In full speed

[@maripaz5650]

Took me a month of constantly practicing my shimmy but now I can walk with it! Yay!

[@ninadawson8232]

nice

[@emily-uk9hf]

good to know! bc, ive done it for 2 days, and im like- oh man! I can't do it! :)

[@shathaalhendi9280]

Good for u 😍

[@mirandam5746]

Yes it took me about a month too!

[@wolvenfire2386]

Ikr it’s harde4 than it looks

[@AmusedChild]

I love this woman. She's a good teacher, plus beautiful and adorable.

[@sabymateo6786]

AmusedChild ccg

[@prajeeshcb1515]

hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to learn about how to belly dance at home try Pycanta Belly Dance Protocol(just google it ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my mate got excellent success with it.

[@juliakozowska6067]

AmusedChild ss

[@wolvenfire2386]

So cute and these tips help so much

[@valeriem.4644]

Her belly looks so soft and perfect #goals😹

[@khedidjahabiba8375]

This is amazing, I am a arab and we are very good at belly dancing and this is exactly what we do!

[@maddiewooz7225]

lucky

[@khedidjahabiba8375]

Maddie Wooz thank you haha

[@Kiiiana376]

Khedidja Habiba i am iranian and it is a little close to persian dance but need many practice lucky for you cause its more easy to you

[@bnusabeel]

your mom taught you??

[@IzayoiArwena]

I am Polish but i know that i was Turkish in past life (i think more than one and my name is a pseudonyme taken from a character of a Turkish TV novel. They are popular in Poland. 80s-2000s we had Latino TV novels and mid-late 2010s we have Turkish ones. Our own are never ending stories with more than 1000 episodes) and maybe thats why i love exotic look and men. Love belly dance too but im an amateur. And you are all very beautiful. Black eyes and hair are biggest beauty for me.

[@RileyCore1]

I don't really know why I'm watching this aside from the fact that she is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. But dang, she is talented too.

[@jemmmbarson3737]

when i was younger i got a belly dancing skirt like this one but off of eBay and i don't know where it is but now would be a good time to use it😂

[@jemrekaya6059]

I'm Turkish and I love to belly dance and this is what we do

[@alinaaly]

WE... WANT... MORE :D excellent job... now do you have any combos, arms and hips, or just small routines that we can learn? would be soooooo nice... i learn all this moves and dont know how to combine them to look sexy in a dance :) pleaseeeeeeeee do some routines

[@fouziakhan9324]

Great tutorial. Can I get the link to the music plz?

[@420gotohell]

Beautiful. I like all her tutorials. Thanks Irina :).

[@arjunsangat1590]

hey ,if anyone else wants to learn about how to belly dance video try Alkarno Fast Dance Alchemist (just google it ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my cousin got excellent results with it.

[@Missyasmina61]

It works!!! Even after one week I can see difference 🤩

[@howcast]

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[@papubhai5964]

Hello mam aap bhut achhi practice krate ho 🤗🤗

[@ajayprabhakar6457]

Thanks dear sister 💕💕🙏🙏💕💕💕💞💞🎊

[@nitika8493]

Hindi language use karo

[@alyssaripley665]

What is this song? ?please I've had it stuck in my head for days

[@vanshika1259]

I want moves like shakira (and l m very close to it)////

[@ayeshaayesha8549]

ur videos r always helpfull easy n incredable I really follow u videos and these really works cx u teach so perfectly thanks for sharing ur easy way to do dance steps, and one thing u r beautifull to ♥♡♥♡♥♡

[@xenagirl0]

Thank you so much! I’m looking forward to teaching this to my class, as they have been requesting it 😁

[@RAWWJUSTICE]

Thank you for going slow! You are a great teacher and not to mention incredibly beautiful.

[@AnneCalien]

This is really helpful! I'm taking bellydance classes and this tips are great

[@clementinekover9691]

no matter what i do it doesn't work and I look like an idiot! im not saying this is a bad video its a good one. but please explain HOW do you move your hips without moving your thighs?

[@DaisyVanEgmond]

Lubna Alhussaini I have the same problem. I'm trying here but the moment I walk the hip won't shake lol it's difficult.

[@madahikhan3352]

Ikr!!

[@peacepeace8164]

clementine kover kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIe2mZlqrdeeb5Y this is how.. She showed this in the video.

[@carlosfoskabin-zeidan1353]

It's not like u don't know how but it's grace u just lack grace in ur moves

[@figthorn]

The tutorials are good but they leave some anatomical aspects out. How does the bone of the pelvis move up and down? Through the contraction of the oblique, although you can use the gluteus (the preferred form of driving hip isolations in Suhaila format). There’s a lot more to bd than “just move your hip up and down”. SO MUCH more. If you really want to learn this is a start, but it won’t take you very far. Find a local teacher.

[@gracierodriguez9697]

thank you very much for the video its great especially I should know how to because I'm African Egyptian

[@gossipswithpriyanka2176]

Ap to bahut acha karti ho

[@WhtRabbitBlckSheep]

That's the way I learned it, and it's SO much easier! It also helps to keep your shimmy in rhythm with your steps.

[@hansrajbhaitanti]

Really superb unbelievable so much very nice direction for each and every belly performer and the God bless you forever with all good wishes.

[@raisamehzabin2879]

nd i end up walking straight

[@army4life224]

it looks so easy when she do it but its not

[@BellyJae]

Lots and lots of practice. :)

[@marriannehaze7378]

This is probably the hardest part for me hahaha i still dont know how to shimmy properly. Thank you so much for the video.

[@user-oh2fj6tt1k]

Plzz music konsa hai ye bata dain

[@tishaok7265]

Whats the name of this music

[@saikala2286]

😍💓அழகு.. நளினம்... அருமை... 💐👏👏👌👌

[@mohamedashikmohamedashik2547]

Feeling Very difficult ..but I want to dance belly perfectly my long days desire...😭😭😭

[@SandarAye-y4t]

Firstly I need to loss weight 😂😂

[@pawnitherockstar4605]

Mam you are so beautiful and so talented

[@krishnajakv7572]

2019?

[@sakshamacharyaix-f7927]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MA'AM....I HOPE I CAN LEARN EFFECTIVELY FROM UR CLASSES....U R DOING GOOD JOB... FROM INDIA 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@rabiahmokhtar]

How to do it without moving the upper body?😩

[@arunk-vc]

These videos are a great example of great skill and clarity of learning / teaching. Irina Akulenko is a great artist 👏👏.

[@Teba696]

Iam an Arabic and this is so right!!

[@babycakes436]

what's the name of this song????

[@chaperpace]

I've been trying to figure out this move for years....thank you!!

[@gossipswithpriyanka2176]

Mam hamse ni hota kya kre

[@donoharmporter8943]

Do you have a dvd with all of your teaching on???

[@rosysharma2477]

best choreography thanq mam

[@musiea]

when you're walking, how could you transfer your weight onto the other foot so smoothly?

[@sanjana_3287]

You are the best guider for belly dancing

[@Piy-Shoes]

tôi cô gái việt nam yêu cô giáo 🥰, cô giáo múa đẹp quá

[@redmoneylady2213]

Obliques, I got trapezoids. No one said anything about Obliques! I think it's made up. Now you want me to walk?

[@brigittegrune4235]

I like the lesson and the music.... thanks!!!!😉😀😀😀😀

[@smittyslayer4302]

I wish I could do belly dancing, but my fat rolls would not allow it. If only I wasn't, I would partake in belly dancing without embarassment.

[@goodmankloulechad6644]

Hey howcast, may I ask, do you the instrumental for the walking shimmy your doing in this video, I need it so I can practice pls🙏🏾

[@elektrozil9728]

I always protect the integrity of the shimmy.

[@EGvotreamie]

WOW! I'm Egyptian and a belly dancer and I must say that you're really good at what you do!

[@aseelzozo8527]

جيبين جسمج ل ام كرش

[@angelbaby4573]

Must watch while smoking..looks like shes two different ppl..the bottom half of her body moving with the top completely still its amazing

[@juileb197473051]

I try to work my abs on the treadmill, I'm sure I look funny doing it, but I'm not caring I'm trying to concentrate on the mind to muscle connections, and act like I'm on the dance floor. 😜

[@AmusedChild]

It is different from the 3/4 shimmy. You have to sort of slide the leg out independently of the hips, instead of stepping and pressing through the knee. When I do this one I keep falling back into the 3/4 shimmy, as that is my resting step! ;-)

[@eslamenjono439]

she looks so awesome wane she dancing but wane i try it it is so hard

[@kimzchaos]

Wonderful ❤

[@lilyg4925]

I really like your video, but could you please use more traditional music so that it is easier to visualize? Thanks

[@sitisunaina6154]

oh that's how! :D I got it

[@nemi6551]

I am not able :(

[@DiệuTrần-j1v]

Hope you can translation from English to Vietnamese

[@_https..star_0]

I don't have hips for shaking what I was thinking 😔😔🙏

[@xKillerKirsche]

WHAT'S THE SONG? I love it ^^

[@TrangNguyen-ie3fv]

Anyone knows the background music?

[@jerfoster5792]

some man somewhere is sooo happy to have this woman. i envy him. bless you sir. bless you .

[@tlemmons5131]

Where can I get your coin belt. It's awesome.

[@MissSkittlestar]

FfS I wish I could belly dance I can't dance at all 😔

[@LAURA-._.]

My toxic trait is that I think the only thing I need to achieve all these movements is that skirt thingy 😂

[@hikmaabdi3151]

pretttttttty

[@RyanAuman-io8zx]

I'm hopeless, I really want to do this.

[@Gucchu]

Thankyou mam it's helpful ❤️

[@matriarchysuperb8777]

Better than lilah Isaac. She flaps her mouth too much.

[@multifandomcoconuthead5581]

After Watching the halftime show, My goal is to belly dance like Shakira... But My hips won't let me...

[@amirmohammad5824]

You do a very good belly dance wish I could go to sikhs soon

[@IzayoiArwena]

I can do shimmy with my belly vibrations like Nyx Asteria in "Gifts of the magi" video. Its even more pleasant than on bend knees. But shimmy walking not really

[@eurblasianhoney8429]

That’s basically the 3 Quarter shimmy.

[@zaynab8369]

whtx the sound is back??

[@yonnieray]

thank you very much these instructions helped me alot

[@urcooking3806]

Irina mam I just loves u sooooooo much ..ur every moves are just ausuuuummm...I wish if I could do this ..but bad luck I have diagnosed lumber lordosis deases..sooooo feeling Soo bad for this.....wish uu lots of love to teach us such amezzzzzzzing talent ........thanks mam....

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[@vaishnavi2703]

Thanks a lot for this... I really grateful for this video.. Love from India

[@siddhiyadav1751]

You teach amazingly.... You make people inspire to do it.... But , i have a query about the song that is been played... Can i get the link for the same....

[@mulan10003]

You have the most beautiful belly-dancer body I have ever seen! Thank you for teaching!

[@rihanarihana4823]

Plzzz sister based I don, t understand belly dance

[@elisadominguez3773]

Qué bonita eres! Tu danza es muy fina y elegante. En México la única que danza así de bonito es LZ. Ella me enseñó la danza oriental tradicional. Gracias por tus videos.

[@bennettawhite3634]

(VERY NICE VIDEO, THIS IS SO EASY , AND THE DANCEING IS JUST WONDERFUL)😊😊😊😊**** THANK You for The Lession.

[@krystalesparza1802]

Whats the musical.. Called in the meddal??? I like the music. 🙃🙃😍😱💖😍

[@josephingomes9458]

U r soo smooth.....n ur teachings are really understandable thnqqu so much...for this

[@KatherinePamela90]

Someone can tell me how is called the song? I love it THANK YOU!!!!